From the River to the Sea Lyrics

I've walked on mountains, I've walked over graves

I've stepped in rivers that bear the wrong name

And now I see the same old tale taking a new shape

The places are all different but the faces are the same

I can't remember the turn of the century

But I've seen thousands crushed by diplomacy

Poison in my father's blood is now running in me

It's about damn time we kill these ghosts

From the river to the sea

When you're older, will you tell the story

Of empire and all of its glory?

Will you tell your children you're the reason

That they get to be free?

When the blood stops flowing to your big head

Will your legacy haunt them from the dead?

Will you wash your hands and stop the bleeding

From the river to the sea?

I go walking in the sunshine while the missiles fall

I realize that the choice is mine

They could kill us all

From our rivers to our seas

We're drowning in our leader's greed

Allowing each atrocity until we rise up against

From our rivers to our seas

We don't live in democracy

What has a ballot done for me?

It's time for what's next